Cambridge International Examinations

Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

*1055924609*

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 0417/11

Paper 1 May/June 2014
2 hours
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No Additional Materials are required.

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.

No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

Answer all questions.

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

For Examiner's Use

This document consists of 16 printed pages.

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1 Name the items A, B, C and D using the words from the list.

A B

C D

Desktop computer Dot matrix printer Graph plotter Hard disc

Inkjet printer Laptop computer Optical disc Trackerball

A B

C D
[4]

2 Identify two devices which are used in control systems to output data.

2 [2]

3 Give two advantages of a fixed magnetic hard disc compared to an optical disc to store data.

[2]

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4 Tick True or False next to each of these statements.

True False

OMR is used to read data from multi choice question papers.

OCR is used to read data from word processed documents.

DTP is used to create financial models.

Regular use of computers improves your eyesight.

[4]

5 Tick two changes which have occurred in libraries due to the introduction of computers.

Fewer books can be borrowed.

Libraries can stay open longer.

Information about books is more easily available to borrowers.

More people work at the library.

Nobody borrows books any more.

The librarian is automatically notified when books are late.

[2]

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6 A floor turtle can use the following instructions:

INSTRUCTION MEANING

FORWARD n Move n mm forward

BACKWARD n Move n mm backward

LEFT t Turn left t degrees

RIGHT t Turn right t degrees

PENUP Lift the pen

PENDOWN Lower the pen

15 mm 50 mm 15 mm

NOT TO
SCALE

65 mm 65 mm

15 mm

Start Finish

Complete the set of instructions to draw this shape by filling in the blank lines. The turtle is facing
up at the start.

PENDOWN

LEFT 90

FORWARD 15

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7 A History teacher uses a spreadsheet to record the exam scores of her students. The
spreadsheet below shows the exam scores of some of those pupils.

A B C D E F
1 Exam 1 Exam 2 Exam 3 Total
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3 Joanne 62 61 70 193
4 Iqbal 57 72 65 194
5 Rajvinder 48 67 56 171
6 Sven 64 55 62 181
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8 Highest mark 64 72 70

(a) Write down the formula which should go in cell E3.

= [1]

(b) Write down the formula which should go in cell B8.

= [1]

8 Many homes in cold climate areas use microprocessor controlled central heating systems.

(a) Name two input devices used in such a system.

Input device 1

Input device 2 [2]

(b) Describe the processing which takes place.

[3]

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9 Students are using questionnaires to find information about workers at a company. They are
going to construct a database to store the results.

Each worker at the company has an individual works number which starts with a letter and has 6
digits e.g. A123456.

Below is part of a questionnaire which some students have created to collect the results.

Company survey

1. What is your works number?

2. Do you use a car to drive to work? YES/NO

3. How many hours per week do you work?

(a) Name a suitable data type for the answer to:

(i) Question 1

(ii) Question 2

(iii) Question 3

[3]

(b) Name the validation check which would be most suitable to ensure that data entered for
question 1 of the questionnaire is acceptable.

[1]

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10 The Geography teacher in a school has set up an automatic weather station connected to a
computer.

(a) Name three physical variables which will be measured by sensors.

3 [3]

(b) (i) Explain why the computer is unable to read the data directly from the sensors.

[2]

(ii) Name the device that is needed to enable it to do so.

[1]

(c) Give three advantages to the Geography department of having a computerised weather
system rather than a manual weather system.

[3]

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11 A company is going to replace its existing computer system with a new one.

Put the following steps into the correct order that the systems analyst would follow.

Implement the new system.

Develop the new system.

Collect information about the existing system.

Evaluate the new system.

Design a file structure.

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12 Some students at a school want to produce a multimedia presentation to advertise a school play.

(a) Tick two types of data which can be used in a multimedia presentation that cannot be used
in a hard copy document.

Text

Integers

Sound

Decimal numbers

Video

Graphics

[2]

(b) The pupils want to record themselves speaking. Their voices will be added to the
presentation. They will need to listen to their voices to make sure the presentation is of good
quality.

Name two devices which they will need to use to do this.

2 [2]

(c) Another group of students are producing a hard copy brochure for the event. These students
will need to prepare material to include in this document.

Name two types of software they might use and for each, write down what they would use it
for.

Software 1

Use

Software 2

Use

[4]

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13 Most school computer networks have a router and switches.

(a) Explain what is meant by a switch.

[2]

(b) Describe the purpose of a router.

[2]

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14 Banks keep their customer account records on their file servers.

(a) Describe three ways in which hackers could misuse this data.

[3]

(b) Describe the purpose of three different authentication techniques.

[3]

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15 A school wants to buy some new computers. Some of the computers they buy will be networked
and others will be standalone computers which will not be networked.

(a) Describe two advantages of using networked computers.

[2]

(b) Describe three disadvantages of using networked computers.

[3]

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Eventually the school will use sets of networked Wifi laptops and cabled desktop computers
which will also be networked.

(c) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using these laptop computers compared with
using cabled desktop computers.

[6]

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16 Discuss the advantages and disadvantages to customers of Internet shopping compared to

visiting stores to do their shopping.

[6]

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17 A car company has decided to develop an expert system to help mechanics with their diagnoses
of car faults.

(a) Describe steps required in the analysis and design of such a system.

[5]

(b) Name two other applications which involve the use of expert systems.

2 [2]

18 Many workers now use computers a lot in their work and this can cause them to suffer from RSI.

Name two other possible health problems and for each one describe a different precaution which
could be taken to help prevent it.

Health problem 1

Precaution

Health problem 2

Precaution

[4]

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19 Paula, a systems analyst, has created a computer system to keep records in a small pharmacy.

(a) Identify three types of test data she could use to test the system.

[3]

(b) The system will now be implemented.

Apart from speed of implementation, describe one benefit and one drawback of using the
direct changeover method for the pharmacy.

Benefit

Drawback

[2]

(c) The pharmacist will be able to search for details of medicines using the database software.

Describe four other database features which will help the pharmacist.

[4]

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